1927-10-22 — Page 19

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WALNUT WHIRLS.

CROWS' FEET MAY BE MASSAGED AWAY.

Crows' feet, those fine wrinkles around the eyes, are often the first sign of age.

They are caused not so much by years as by too dry a ekin, one that lacks both oil and moisture. Drink from eight to ten glasses of water daily and use a good rich skin food twice a day to eliminate them.

Massage is the most helpful way to eradicate them. Dip the tips of your fingers in muscle oil, or sweet oil if you lack the prepared lotion, and beginning at the outside corner of the eye, massage very, very gently under the eye towards the nose, rounding upwards and making a circular motion over the eyeball towards the outside of the eye again. Lift fingers from eye and begin again.

Massage each eye ten times. Then gently pat the outside aides of the eye where the wrinkles appear. Leave muscle oil on all night.

MOTLEY MUSINGS.

"A. MODERN WIFE."

A woman witness was, accord- ing to a Home paper, asked in a court of law to describe a woman. Her reply was," "She is a modera wife; two rooms

and -seater,"

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schoo by howlers I wonder, they are typical produets of this age! of progressive polygamy!" crimony", is said by one young cynie to be "Another name for marriage, sometimes called Italy.'1 Another child

that. announces "Milton

wrote Paradise Foạt; after his wife died he wrote Parn dise Regained."

"Etiquette a guide to Public! and Social life" by Mrs. Mussay Lyon is full of interesting things. She points out the reason for Bome of our modern customs of courtesy which are a legacy from an earlier civilization. "A mi raises his but to a woman because his ancestors in armour raised their visors; he removes his glove to shake hands because, when the fought with 'battle of life was

weapons instead of words, a glove could conceal knife or dagger, and he emphasised his friend- liness by drawing off the deep gauntleted covering of his hand and leaving it bare; a man täkes

with

MODERNISTIC.

A modernistic boudoir slip- per of Oriental inspiration with its turned up toc is a new ar- rival from Paris. Of bright bing kid with a back half inch sole and thrce degrade bands of

patent leather."

"THE BOGEY MAN.”

BEARS OR A TIGER.

"The Boy Man" who used to the outside of the pavement in play so terrifying a role in Vic- walking with a woman or one of higher rank, as a relic of torian nurseries is. happily, very Norman-French times, when the much a thing of the past in Eng- Introduction of gutters renderland, but umahs are not above it possible for the person outside resurrecting a Chinese version to

charges,

to be pushed into them-and gut inculcate good behaviour in their ters were ofton dangerous ditches' in those days, and indeed little) better in many cases until early Georgian times."

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Amabs have a good deal to re- commend them; their wonderful patience and rather stolid tem- peraments are an excellent cor- "So I asked him" said a voice rective to the excitable nerves of behind me on the Peak Tram, English children, but this ques- "ho he proposed to get them tion of the bogey man is a serious across the harbour. 'Oh' he said one and mothers should be very by sampan. I wanted to know watchful lest their children how many he would put in one frightened. It can serve no good! sampan and he said about six purpose to frighten a child, and Well, I've had a good deal to do irreparable damage may be done) with mules but I can't see six to its mental development. No In a sampan! I do like the way one who gave a moment's rea! these chaps give their orders." thought would not be horrified at We too should all like to see the idea of a baby awake listening six mules in a sampan, but it or the pad, pad, of a fierce tiger would be a brave boatwoman who who would come and devourit

because it had been naughty. would undertake the load.

Tigers, and monkeys are the favourite bogies with an amab arid In laundering lingerio of colour-it is a little difficult to know how ed silk, use a bit of dye in the rinse to correct the bad impression if water from the first. Don't wait they have already succeeded in for the garment to fade. Keep it frightening the child, though of its natural colour.

course the offending amak should

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER

WOMAN'S

WORLD

FLOWERS AND FLOWER AFRAID OF THE DARK. RARITY IS NOT BEAUTY.

STREET.

A VÍA DOLOROSA FOR THE UNWARY.

All flowers are lovely, best of all those we eut in our own gardens with the dew still frests upon them. Here unfortunately most of us have to rely on Flower Strect, whose wares are as lovely and as treacherous as the East of which they are so typical Flower Street gives you a catch in the heart when you see it for the first time and is at any season of the year a lovely sight, but Flower Street. is also a via dolorosa. When after trium- phant haggling you have borne your lovely burden home and start the delightful task of "putting up" the flowers bitter disappointment may await you unless you are an "old hand." The blooms are not merely wired, they are often nipped off at the head and mounted on alien stems.

Saltpetre.

It is better to use rain water than hard tap water for flowers, and it should be easy to do so here with our regulation inch every three days. But if you cannot obtain it, there are a number of substances which will help, when dissolved in their water to keep flowers fresh. A pinch of salt, a lamp of washing soda, a lump of sugar, all have their champions, but I have found a pinch of salt petre, which contains nitrogen, or a tablet of aspirin are the best.

Daily Care..

The water in which flowers are kept should be changed daily. At the same time about a quarter of an inch should be out from the end of each stalk, because when a flower is cut the sap oozes out and seals the end of the stalk thus preventing the drawing up of nourishment: Flowers need plenty of fresh air and soon die if kept in a stuffy room, and it is always wiser to keep them away from the dust rays of any artificial light.

And for Brides. White is no longer considered essental for a brides banquet, generally she chooses her favourite flowers, and a sheaf of lilies white or volden has been very popular of late. Bridesmaids often carry tight Victorian poses instead of the more formal bouquet and one of the latest ideas is for the posy to be carried in a small, ribbon decked, basket.

Tulle is generally used to tie the bride's bouquet when a fluffy' bridal gown is worn, but tissue ribbon is usually preferred when the gown is of the

more severe mediaeval type. It takes about 21⁄2 yards of tulle to tie a bouquet.

be told that her job depends on not repeating the offence. Picture

animals books which show

in friendly postures can be illustra ted by stories on the Jungle book lines giving an impression of the happy intimate life of the

An-

THE TERRORS OF CHILDHOOD BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

AND THEIR PREVENTION.

1927.

A century ago a German family America. They

It generally assumed that it is emigrated to the dark, of thunder, and sudden from the dear old garden nestled natural for a child to be afraid of brought furniture, dishes, clothes, and a family of kittens. But noises and that the child must be at the foot of the Vosges moun- laughed out of such fears or even punished for them.

tains the Grossmutter had brought her seeds-carefully sort ed and cherished for the little American garden that was to be.

Inherited Fears. Nothing could be more wrong and cruel, childish fears are not natural

When the ground was cleared and are due in the main to inherit- ance or wrong-upbringing, and in and the logs had been used to some cases to experience. A great build the little cabin on the home- deal is due to prenatal influences. site just west of the Alleghenies-- It often happens that if the mother when the barn was finished and has been frightened by a storm or the pig pen, and the few animals a dog, for instance, before the birth installed that they had been able of her child, the child will show to buy in their western pilgrimage, then would Grossmutter start her little garden.

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FRETTED BRIM.

The small closely fitted felt hat is still determined to be in the lead. A novel treatment is shown in this brown felt cut in a fret design and bound with darker brown gros grain

ribbon.

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There were to be wax-flowers, hydrangeas, and even Easter lilies. There would be hollyhocka and bachelor buttons and fever- fow, sweet William, zinnias, and everything that Elizabeth loved in the "German garden" we have read about. And so it came to l pass.

Among other things in Gross- mutter's garden was 4 flower called blazing-star. It was deep, bright startling red-some indeed wers a rịch royal purple.

All is gone now. The house, barn, and family have disappear- ed. There is nothing but a field, of flowers, purple red, that waves gracefully in the wind, a memorial to the dear old grandmother.

For years the public has driven along the highway beside it. For years people have said, "What a pretty colour those weeds are!" But no one stopped. Women giving parties drove by on their way to florists to buy axpensive flowers. "What a pity those flowers are only weeds," they would remark as they passed the field of blazing beauty.

A botanist came to lecture to a fear of thunder or dogs. I remem-club. "By the way," he remarked, ber a case in which an expectant you have an eighth wonder of mother was badly frightened by a

hose falling just beside her in the the world right here at your front street. The child, a boy, for many door-one of the two existing years fainted everytime he heard a patches of blazing-star in the crash as of something falling. But country!" He gave it its botani- the root of the fear may go stical name also. From begrar tɔ further back, to the childhood of aristocrat in a minute!, either parent. If a fear has been

In a few days the field was suppressed, especially through a devastated. The flower became prehension of ridicule, during the fashion and florists sought the many years of the parent's life it seed." is very likely to appear in a worse form in the second generation, It seems that our definition of:

Fear Suggested.

beauty is something that is rare Would we love It is both foolish and cruel de. or expensive. liberately to suggest fears to a diamonds so well were they to be child; an admonition not to be a shoveled off beaches, like shella? afraid of the dark if the child shows no signs of being so, immediately peoples the night with terror. "If

mother says 'don't be afraid' there Do You Look Under Your Bed? must be something to frighten me." To belittle a fear with ridicule or

It seems a small thing to ask of to punish a child for nervous dreads parents that they should try to is still more cruel. It leads to a lift the burden of fear off the minds suppression of the child's feelings of the their children; and it is which may have terrible and far certain that more would do so if they understood something of pay- reaching effects.

Cailler's

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MASSAGING MUSCLES HELPS KEEP MOUTH BEAUTIFUL.

To lift sagging muscles around mouth, masange and exercise are needed. It is even more important to cultivate a happy expression, as worried, dissatisfied looks.cause more drooping mouths than years do.

Place the

Massage when applying skin food at night. two first fingers of each hand together at the centre of the chin. With firm, upward stroke massage around mouth, pushing the flesh upwards. When fingers meet at middle of upper lip, remove fingers and begin again. Repeat 10 times. To exercise-Purse lips to form a Q. Hold a few seconds while you repeat aloud, "Q, Q, Q.” From that position, stretch mouth open tautly to say "X" making as much of a face doing it as possible. Repeat a dozen times morning and evening.

CONTRAST,

A double buttonnaire of two different flowers of contrasting colours is very new and excccd- ingly smart.

FASHION HINTS.

Redingote Dress. Nothing is newer than a black

Watch For Signs of Fear. chology. If every mother who is imals. How the mother tiger The wise and loving mother is nervous about sleeping alone in the taught her babies to play and very watchful to detect signs of house, or who looks with half wash themselves, how they took fear in her children, and to help night, would try to discover what ashamed hurry under her bed every walks together etc. Alternative- them to rid themselves of the bur-early impression caused the fear ly you might find a nice cuddle- den. Even tiny children, however, which haunts her despite herself, broadcloth redingote dress which some toy tiger or monkey with are secretive and are very sensitive

it that her children Lelong makes distinctive by an in- which the child could not connect anything sinister, and pets in the house are always a safe cor- rective of the fear of animals.

A charmig little all octa- alon frock in ivory crepe-de- chine, the distinctive note being the floku effect of the Jumper. The skirt is plain except for the, side pleats.

BUSINESS AS USUAL.

ENGLISH ROSES IN THE EAST.

The days when it was an ac-. cepted axiom that English women, who had lived for any longth of time in the East, should be faded and sallow at quite an early age, are happily, a thing of the past. But the English roses which bloom so triumphantly here in Hongkong are not kept without an effort.

Out Size.

It is too fatally easy to aail along under the happy delusion that your slender boyish figure. will be your lifelong companion. So easy to remain oblivious of the extra inch here or fullness there, or of that suspicion of a double chin, until one day some smiling naleswoman holds out for yo inspection 2 dress

marked "matron" or even worse O.S.

Never Let Go.

How easy too it is to shut your. eyes to faded hair or a wrinkle deceiving yourself with the re- flection that the heat has made you look a little fagged, and you will be all right when the cooler weather comes. Slimming treat- ments are not necessary unless you have let go and indulged in things which you know are un-

not burdened in the same tricately tucked design for trim-wise, rich food, long hot baths,

of ridicule, and it is not unusual to she would see hear a mother say "I had no idea were that Jack was afraid of the dark manner. until he was quite a big boy." It is a terrible thought that our chil dren may be auffering quite un- necessarily because we have failed to foster the bond of sympathetic understanding. between them and ourselves.

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Discover The Reason. When it is found that a child is afraid of anything, of the dark, of harges, or thunder, or for some in- explicable reason of so harmless an object as a particular vase or pic- ture, which is by no means unusual, every effort should be made to dis cover the reason of the fear. Ques- tioning will not generally effect this, for the child will prevaricate | to avoid being laughed at or often does not know himself. Carefu! observance of the child's habits and a search into family history may however discover the cause.

Overheard.

"Little pitchers have long earn," the proverb says; the child playing quietly in a corner hears a great deal more than most people realise,

words and half understood

and phases become terrifying. "I hate thot picture, it gives me the shivers !" You may exclaim, and the small listener fa quite capable of connecting "the shivers" and the accompanying gesture of fear with the first picture upon which it turns its Innocent' gaze

NOVELTY.

Interesting details of the new taffeta evening gown are the tailored belt and buckle of brilliants and the long rope of brilliants ending in a tassel. worn hunter fashion.

ming.

Newy Blouse,

The newest thing in autumn blouses is the angora jersey blouse topping a printed velvet tweed;| crepella or even broadcloth skirt.

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and laziness. Complexions need careful and hygenic treatment In the days, of their youth, If they are to remain fresh and wrinkle- free all through life.

Health and Beauty, Health is the fountain of beauty, and can be encouraged Evening Colours. *

and maintained by following co Evening gowns.for autumn choose monsense rules of living and white for the most popular colour. nipping minor ailments in the Next come yellow, green; new Morally too you must cling to bud before they become serious. blues and Intense lavender purple self respect. It is not self re- hues.

Gracious Lines,

A blonde satin crepe ten.frock has a circular lounce, wide daring cuffs and blouse jabots of match ing lace to give it gracious lines.

Afternoon Shoes,

Light coloured kid slippers for afternoon have hand-embroidered inserts, straps and heels of elabo rate design to match the gown they accompany.

or

specting to be down at heel down in the dumps, to took less lovely than you can, even when the climate melts or freezes you. Amour propre is responsible for more lovely women than the beauty parlours.

Give up Gracefully. And then there is the rare and subtle art, which seems to be un- fashionable to-day of knowing. when to give up and discard the things which are no longer worth holding. Spurious youth, seven- teen from the back and fifty when you ace her face, is one of them. Every ago is charming; but while Pigskin belt, gloves and hat woman owes it to herself and band form one of the new accerto the world to remain young as sory ensembles for autumn chic. All long as she can, she must remain have square gold buckles for ornayoung of her age, and not seek to ment

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Accessory Ensemble.